The Jewish Encyclopedia
of Western Pennsylvania
A project of the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
The Pittsburgh Conference of Jewish Women’s Organizations was an umbrella organization created in December 1923 to improve coordination among Jewish women’s organizations in Western Pennsylvania. It intended “to avoid duplication of effort and undesirable overlapping on the part of the many Jewish organizations in the city, who are interested in the same line of work, to act as a sort of clearing house in order to avoid confliction of dates of the various meetings, to bring about a better understanding among all these different Jewish organizations looking forward to more co-operative work among them,” according to an early description. It began by publishing a calendar of standing meetings for its 20 member organizations and hosting occasional programs.
Through the decades, the membership of the Pittsburgh Conference of Jewish Women’s Organizations changed alongside changes to the local Jewish communal landscape. The organization published an annual directory of member organizations, maintained a community calendar, and engaged in occasional programs and projects. The Pittsburgh Conference of Jewish Women’s Organizations continued meeting into the 2010s.